The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-23
Washington County.


church. They will also sell the society
parsonage at auction Saturday, April I'd, to
help defray expenses. - The new build
ing of D. NJ. Miles & Co. is being pushed
rapidly forward. - The warm, bright
days are rapidly making water and sush of
the large accumulation of snow in the
village and furnishing some work for the
street commissioners. 80 Members of the
Knights of Honor lodge, with their wives and
invited friends, held a pleasant social re-
union at their hall last week Wednesday
evening. - In the liquor case of State
rs. Levi McCrillis the bonds of $500 given
by McCrllis were forfeited. 80 The seats
at the Opera-hall for " Kerry Cow Tues
day evening were all sold in advance, giving
the most crowded house of the season.
- The case of George Vincent rs. II.
o. Worthen, NJ D., for alleged malpractice
in setting broken limb, was tried in the
county court at Montpelier last week. The
| jury, after short deliberation, returned a
verdict for the doctor to recover his costs.
- The operetta of " Golden Hair " at
the hall Saturday was a decided success.
! About three hundred attended the matinee
in the afternoon and about twice as many
attended in the evening. - a. W.
Spaulding of the Octagon has been fined
$50 and sent to the workhouse at Rutland
for thirty days for lquor-selling. = Hon.
NJ. b. Carpenter of Denver, Col, who was
recently unanimously elected president Of
| the Colorado senate is one of the well
remembered former Barre boys, being a son
of the late Colonel Carlos Carpenter of this
place. - Mr.. and Mrs. S. G.. Chubb re-
turned last week from New York city, where
they have been since December. -
| Arthur Watson is at work in Boyce' s
clothing store. True A. Town has
erected two boarding-houses at the quarry,
and is soon to move up there to keep
boarders
Berlin.
School in district No. 8 closed Friday,
the 18th, with an exhibition in the evening
in the fine new school-house, which was
filed even to the entry. The entertainment
was much appreciated by the parents and
friends of the scholars. 1t is the second
term taught by Viola j. Billings here, and
her efforts have met with marked success.
At the close of the exercises the teacher was
presented by her scholars with fine silver
castor. - Charles f. Dewey of West
Berlin was snow-bound at the Corners two
or three days about the first of March. We
understand he suffered no special incon-
venience from it, however. ~ Mrs
Charles Lewis of Maine, with two children,
is visiting at her fathers, w. II. Turner's
- Julius Salinas has moved on to the
Charlotte Bosworth farm, having hired il
for three years. - The Drs. Chandler
removed fatty tumor from the arm of Mrs
f. III. House last Friday. - Mr.. Bloss
has moved from Middlesex to the Williams
place at Berlin Corner. Mrs Bloss is suffer
ing with lung complaint - Miss june
Pratt is in very poor health this spring
- Milton Bailey has moved on tC
Charles E. Perrin's farm. He takes the
place of Will Green.
QUITE a number of our townspeople at
tended the exhibition of trained horses a
Montpelier last week Tuesday evening
- A soap-bubble party was given by
: Miss Gertie Wiswell last Saturday evening
- Morrill, Post, G.. A. r., is alread,
making preparations for Memorial day
- Our respected towhsman w. S. At
kins, who has been in poor. health for sew
eral weeks, was stricken with paralysis o
the left side Saturday, March 18th. Th'
past week he has been in a very crtica
condition. At the present writing (Monda,
afternoon) his symptoms are rather more
favorable and hopes are entertained OF I
partial recovery. - Our citizens consde
themselves fortunate in the addition to ou
; community of Mr.. C. II. French and family
Mr.. French has bought the Lance place a
: Lower Cabot and moved on to the same
- The town appropriated S25 for Deco
ration day at the March meeting. -
: Mrs II. A. Russell has returned from he
, trip to Waterbury, CT. - Don't forge
the school meetings Tuesday evening next
- Annie Chase of St. Johnsbury ha
been stopping few days with Gertie Wis
: well.
. East Calais.
E THE circulating library has just been furn
ished with printed catalogues, and any on
: desirous of becoming a member of tn
organization, or of taking out books to read
e can obtain catalogue by applying to tn
e librarian, Inez Pearce. 90. F. Dude
: closed a very successful term of singing
{ schools here last week Wednesday with a
l. afternoon rehearsal and a concert in tn
t evening. The school was assisted by singer
4 from East and North Montpelier. Th
t finest things on the programme at the cor
II cert were the chorus, " Daughter of Error,
v with solo by Mrs Charles Hamblin, an
/ the organ solos by Sylvia Bliss. Katie Pee
t., sang song in her best style, which was ell
+. ioyed by the audience, as was also tn
l. instrumental music by George Carley. Thf
) we may have another such soon is the wis
of all. - Will Hall has moved frol
Cabot into the Gray house. c. i
,. French has bought the Lance tenement
p Lower Cabot known as the Dean place, an
q took possession last week. - Lee Leol
e ard began work Monday as clerk in the DIR,
!. goods store of White & Pierce. - Mrs
IS E. Stoddard died last week, after long an
n distressing illness lasting nearly four year
"a Mrs. Lucy j. Leonard died of bronchit
If at the hour of her mothers funeral. 81
r. had been sick long time.
1t North Fayston.
i JOHN EAGAN recently took the job
- furnishing two logs for the granite compar
p in Barre for derrick. The logs were tw
= and one-haf feet in diameter at the bu
q and sixteen inches at the top, and frt
w ", from knots. Mr.. Eagan bought the logs
20 Edgar Davis. They measured about tif
:, - and sixty feet in length and were drawn
~ Barre by Elmer Trask of Waitsdeld. -
w. Mrs. O. b. Porter, and daughter Lilla
10 have returned from Bloomingdale, n. Y
,s where they have been spending the wint'
80 with Dr. &. a. Church, - Orlando Dav
and family have moved to Burlington
!; 60 Jacob Boyce has gone to Californi
~ - Elder |. T.. Kmball and family ha'
~ ball is a daughter OF William Chipman
to this place. - l.. w Porter, who h
w. been working in Ware, Mass, was in tow
Il on business few days last week, but h
ta returned to Massachusetts. - Martin
" N Hill and Mary Pease We're united in ma
q riage Tuesday, the 10Th, by Elder o.
os Clapp of Watsfeld. - Fred Heaton
~ improving in health under the influence
ta the climate of Delaware.
IS. Marshfield.
Ie THE Young Woman's Christian Tempe
d. ance Union will meet with Lena Nj. She
Z, ard, Friday afternoon at half past two. !
su this meeting they will begin n course
"a readings ON cider All the young peoT
as are invited to be present. == Profess
'o Colburn was in town last week and held
spiritualist meeting at the hotel hall.
"a will be in town next Sunday, and is e
"a pected 10 preach. - Rev. Joseph Ham
'u ton of Woodstock was in town last wee
cu He has rented his farm TO j. l.. Folsom
no ] Mrs Wooster IL a